Los Angeles Kings vs Toronto Maple Leafs
Regular season · Saturday, December 31, 1983 · Maple Leaf Gardens
Game summary
The Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Los Angeles Kings 5–3 on Saturday, December 31, 1983 at Maple Leaf Gardens. The Kings outshot the Maple Leafs 32–31.
Rick Vaive scored twice and Terry Martin scored twice. Peter Ihnacak, Mark Hardy, Charlie Simmer and Anders Hakansson also scored.
Mike Palmateer made 29 saves on 32 shots for the win; Gary Laskoski stopped 26 of 30.
Scoring
1st period
Peter Ihnacak (6)Terry Martin (8)0–102:56 TOR
Rick Vaive (31)Gary Nylund (2), Borje Salming (20)0–216:22 TOR
2nd period
Mark Hardy (2)Marcel Dionne (38), Dave Taylor (25)1–210:59 LAK · 
Terry Martin (3)Dale McCourt (18), Billy Harris (9)1–314:31 TOR- Rick Vaive (32)Borje Salming (21), Dan Daoust (37)1–415:46 TOR
Charlie Simmer (24)Marcel Dionne (39), Dave Taylor (26)2–417:58 LAK
3rd period
Anders Hakansson (6)Terry Ruskowski (10), Wes Jarvis (10)3–407:37 LAK- Terry Martin (4)Unassisted3–519:17 TOR · ·
Team stats
LAKTOR
3231
0%0%
1/70/5
1724
00
00
00
00
Penalties
- 3:23 into the first period
Mark Hardy · high sticking2 min - 5:43 into the first period
Borje Salming · hooking2 min - 12:32 into the first periodDave Farrish · tripping2 min
- 14:58 into the first periodJim Benning · tripping2 min
- 15:35 into the first periodJohn Paul Kelly · interference2 min
- 17:57 into the first periodDean Kennedy · fighting5 min
- 17:57 into the first periodPat Graham · interference2 min
- 17:57 into the first periodPat Graham · fighting5 min
- 3:35 into the second periodDan Daoust · hooking2 min
- 5:48 into the second periodBrian MacLellan · roughing double minor4 min
- 5:48 into the second periodRuss Anderson · roughing2 min
- 5:48 into the second periodStew Gavin · roughing2 min
- 9:48 into the second periodMike Palmateer · interference2 min
- 12:17 into the third periodDave Taylor · tripping2 min
- 14:24 into the third periodFrank Nigro · spearing5 min
Season series
Los Angeles Kings
| 16Marcel DionneC | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 18Dave TaylorR | 0 | 2 | 2 | +1 | 4 | – |
| 8Terry RuskowskiC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | – |
| 11Charlie SimmerL | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 9 | – |
| 21Anders HakanssonL | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 26Wes JarvisC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | – |
| 20Mark HardyD | 1 | 0 | 1 | −2 | 2 | – |
| 9Bernie NichollsC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 1 | – |
| 12Steve ChristoffC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 17John Paul KellyL | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 19Jim FoxR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 0 | – |
| 23Doug SmithC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 27Brian MacLellanL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −4 | 2 | – |
| 2Mike McEwenD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −2 | 3 | – |
| 3Marc ChorneyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 4Russ AndersonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 0 | – |
| 5Brian EngblomD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −3 | 1 | – |
| 6Dean KennedyD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 29Gary LaskoskiG | L | 30 | 4 | .867 |
| 30Mike BlakeG | 0 | 0 | – |
Toronto Maple Leafs
| 25Terry MartinL | 2 | 1 | 3 | +2 | 4 | – |
| 22Rick VaiveR | 2 | 0 | 2 | +2 | 6 | – |
| 21Borje SalmingD | 0 | 2 | 2 | +4 | 4 | – |
| 12Dale McCourtC | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | – |
| 15Billy HarrisR | 0 | 1 | 1 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 18Peter IhnacakC | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1 | 2 | – |
| 24Dan DaoustC | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 2Gary NylundD | 0 | 1 | 1 | +2 | 3 | – |
| 7Greg TerrionC | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 9Stew GavinR | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 10John AndersonR | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 16Frank NigroC | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1 | 1 | – |
| 19Bill DerlagoC | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 23Pat GrahamL | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 3Jim BenningD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 2 | – |
| 11Gaston GingrasD | 0 | 0 | 0 | +2 | 1 | – |
| 28Dave FarrishD | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1 | 0 | – |
| 33Dave HutchisonD | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | – |
| Goalie | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1Rick St. CroixG | 0 | 0 | – | |
| 29Mike PalmateerG | W | 32 | 3 | .906 |